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Lets researchers and builders run large analytical queries over public internet indexes, with long timeouts and vector support. Its congestion pricing model is hard to understand at a glance.
Lets researchers and builders run large analytical queries over public internet indexes, with long timeouts and vector support. Its congestion pricing model is hard to understand at a glance.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 79%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Large analytical queries over public internet
“so prosocial researchers and builders and their agents can have low-friction access to running analytical queries over the public internet”
Comment from 13 Jul 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)” “exceptionally well-indexed and usually 5+ minute query timeout limits, so you can run seriously large research queries”
Comment from 31 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Hacker Book – All the HN Belong to You 2006 – 2025” Readonly SQL and vector composition
“have an easier time composing embedding vectors in whatever mathematical ways you want, than any other tool I've seen”
Comment from 31 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Use Claude Code to Query 600 GB Indexes over Hacker News, ArXiv, etc.” “Full readonly-SQL + vector manipulation in a live public database.”
Comment from 1 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Use Claude Code to Query 600 GB Indexes over Hacker News, ArXiv, etc.”
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The four most recommended other search engines, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| Kagi | 732 | 234 | 76% | 13 | 2 yrs106 owners | Approved |
| Google Search | 315 | 1,039 | 23% | 12 | 20 yrs25 owners | — |
| DuckDuckGo | 286 | 204 | 58% | 12 | 3.5 yrs47 owners | — |
| Hister | 81 | 9 | 90% | 9 | 2 mo17 owners | Approved |
| ScryThis page | 11 | 3 | 79% | 5 | — | Approved |
What people said
13 of the 17 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I was actually able to find something with this that I would have never been able to find with traditional search!”
“Cool but please rewrite the text.”
“Pricing model is hard to understand at a glance.”
“Congestion pricing for queries sounds innovative.”
“it loaded surprisingly fast for me as I'm on a mobile hotspot”
“I don't have to exhaust myself parsing the sites layout”
“This seems like a big step towards breaking Google and Bing's dominance in search.”
“so prosocial researchers and builders and their agents can have low-friction access to running analytical queries over the public internet”
“catches migration regressions before production by replaying real query traffic against shadow databases”
“Full readonly-SQL + vector manipulation in a live public database.”
“have an easier time composing embedding vectors in whatever mathematical ways you want, than any other tool I've seen”
“This looks cool but can you make a "Google Search Box" page where I don't have to sign in”
“exceptionally well-indexed and usually 5+ minute query timeout limits, so you can run seriously large research queries”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.